After Xiao Feng spurted out a mouthful of blood, he felt a little more relaxed.
He had never seen such a scene in later generations. He had only seen scenes like this in certain movie scenes, but when you were suddenly in the scene, the brutal hell-like impact was directly beyond his endurance limit.
Although he had stayed in the Ming Dynasty for more than a year, and had experienced life and death moments with real swords and guns in Zhang Tianci's house, they were incomparable to today's scene.
Therefore, in the eyes of the sergeants, he was calm and indifferent, but in fact he was really frightened.
At that moment, he wished he could rush through the mountains, rush to Gubeikou, rush to the territory of the Tatars, and fight with them, life or death.
However, as the hot blood that was stuck in his chest spurted out, he calmed down instantly.
He noticed a strange phenomenon. Why were there no old people among these dead bodies?
Although the average life span of the Ming Dynasty was not long, there should be a lot of old people in such a mountain village. Why are there corpses everywhere, including young men, young women, and children, but no old people?
No matter male or female, there was no old man. Could it be that when the Tatars massacred the village, it was the weakest old man who could escape their slaughtering knives?
No, they let those old people go on purpose. But why did they let the old man go alone?
What are the characteristics of the elderly? Deaf, blind, unable to see or hear clearly, then what do they want these old people who let go to see and hear unclearly?
Xiao Feng suddenly understood. He broke away from Qi Jiguang's support and was about to alert the lookout sentry.
The sentry's shrill roars have been heard coming down from the top of the mountain, accompanied by large body movements.
"General! Mr. Xiao, what's wrong, the Tatar cavalry are coming from all directions!"
Qi Jiguang stood up straight. He immediately ordered the cavalry to retract up the mountain and occupy the high ground. At the same time, he sent people to clean the spring that he had just discovered, which was blocked by corpses and dyed red with blood.
Since the enemy deliberately sets up an ambush, taking advantage of the chaos to break out is a way, but if there is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, there will still be a narrow escape in the melee. Qi Jiguang quickly determined the strategy of persistence.
The mountains here are continuous, the mountains are high and the forests are dense, making it extremely difficult for cavalry to attack from above. Moreover, there are springs in the mountains, which can be dug and cleaned to provide drinking water. The cavalry carries dry food, water and food with them, so they are not afraid of losing combat effectiveness.
What's more, this place is not far from Miyun City. Unless the enemy's large forces have arrived, the enemy will have to beware of the Miyun defenders.
According to Qi Jiguang's judgment, this was still the 10,000-strong Tatar team that came over before. With twice the force, it was impossible to completely encircle him. He only had to choose a good time to break out.
Xiao Feng looked down the mountain with his telescope and sighed after a while.
"They used these burned villages as bait to attract us, but they secretly lurked behind the mountains. After Tan Ma discovered the village, he didn't have time to go around to the back of the mountain to take a look.
The lookout sentry who climbed to the top of the mountain was also blocked by the rocks on the mountainside. I could see far away, but I couldn't see the bottom of the back side of the mountain. "
Qi Jiguang nodded. Seeing Xiao Feng pull down two branches, break them and look at the stubble, he knew what he was thinking.
"Are you afraid that they will use fire to attack? The weather is still a little cold now, and although the vegetation on the mountains has turned green, it is still a little dry after all. So, once they use fire to attack, it will be really troublesome."
Xiao Feng was puzzled: "Then why did you ask the cavalry to retreat up the mountain? If they set a fire, wouldn't we let them stew in a spoonful?"
Qi Jiguang pointed to the foot of the mountain: "Look at the roadside below this mountain, which is also covered with dead branches and dry grass. If they really light a fire, they themselves will be in danger. What's more, the wind is blowing halfway up the mountain and the thick smoke cannot float up. The power of the fire attack is greatly reduced.
We are a point on the mountain, and we can rush down from the top of the mountain in any direction. They formed a circle at the bottom of the mountain. Although there were more people than us, each section was not tight enough. If we really light the fire, if we are in chaos and they are in more chaos, it will be easier for us to break through. "
Xiao Feng knew that although he had seen some art of war, he was still far from Qi Jiguang in terms of actual marching and fighting, so he chose to trust him firmly.
Since the fire attack was mentioned, Xiao Feng nodded to Qi Jiguang and showed a smile that he had not seen since he went up the mountain. 33
"The few boxes of things I brought from the World Viewpoint are just in handy at a time like this!"
Xiao Feng asked his soldiers to use the largest and fastest carriage to store these boxes of things densely. The outside of the box is wrapped with a lot of cotton wool, as if cotton is free.
At that time, Qi Jiguang also jokingly said, "Although I don't know what's inside, even eggs can never be broken in a box like this."
And the most mysterious thing about this car is that it always follows the team at a distance, at least a few hundred meters away from the team. Except for a few escorting soldiers, no one is allowed to get close.
Seeing that Xiao Feng was finally about to reveal the answer to the mystery, Qi Jiguang felt very curious and went to see it.
The box was opened, and it was also wrapped in cotton. Xiao Feng picked up one and tore open the cotton. Inside was a ball of oil paper. When he tore open the oil paper, there was a dark thing inside. It really looked like an egg, but its shape was longer. Some.
"What is this? Gunpowder? Why is it different from what I have seen before?"
Xiao Feng smiled: "This thing is the latest product of WTO. Strictly speaking, it existed before WTO. I just increased its power. The key is that the original owner did not dare to admit that he had made this thing. , this blame can only be shouldered by the worldview."
It was getting dark, and the Tatar brigade finally ended their looting around Gubeikou and sent two thousand cavalry to escort slaves and property toward the grassland.
Of the remaining 20,000 horses, 10,000 were stationed at Gubeikou, while the other 10,000 continued to advance and joined the 10,000 horses in front.
The 20,000 Tatar cavalry were enough to be proud of the world. Any Ming army, unless it had 40,000 cavalry, would be difficult to fight against.
And near the capital, it is impossible to gather 40,000 cavalry in a short period of time. No matter how many infantry there are, at most they can defend the city, but they will only be massacred in the wild.
Even if you have good tactics and can occasionally win a fight, the opponent will only stare blankly when he flies a kite, and two legs cannot catch up with four legs.
The 10,000 cavalry remaining at Gubeikou were, firstly, recharging their strength and ready to serve as backup at any time, and more importantly, to prevent the Ming Dynasty from mobilizing troops and horses to block the Gubeikou fortress and cut off the circuit.
Although the Ming Dynasty's soldiers and horses are weak, after all, it has a vast territory, rich resources, and a large population. If it really leaves an empty city, the Ming Dynasty's army will take the opportunity to occupy it, and it will be difficult to gnaw it down.
This time the battle went smoothly because the defenders at Gubeikou were not well prepared and were attacked by surprise. If they really tried to attack them hard, they would lose a few teeth.
An Dahan was in high spirits and kept urging the troops to advance, wishing he could rush to Miyun City in one go.
Although Miyun City might not be able to be defeated, the surrounding cities of Miyun were richer than Gubeikou. He bet that the Miyun defenders did not dare to leave the city and would still be plundering at will.
Xiao Qin and Ada Khan were riding side by side, but they seemed a little worried.
"Why, are you still thinking about the so-called 'Celestial Master'? Don't worry, the battlefield is about real swords and guns. Even if he really has some magic, he can't stop my 20,000 cavalry! "
Anda Khan did not directly say that he did not believe in Xiao Feng's Taoism, because as a branch of the Mongols, he also inherited the Mongolian attitude towards Taoism - half-belief and half-doubt.
Starting from Temujin, the leaders of all Mongolian dynasties have been dubious about the Taoist culture of the Han people. Even in the late Yuan Dynasty, in order to suppress Taoism, they began to support Buddhism. In fact, it was also a political necessity, and they still did not dare to despise Taoism in their hearts.
This probably has a lot to do with Qiu Chuji's success in preaching to Temujin, so Anda Khan did not show absolute disbelief that Xiao Feng might have Taoist skills.
Xiao Qin glanced at An Dahan. This foreign leader who had great trust in him probably always thought that he was also a Taoist figure.
Although he doesn't show it obviously, his insight into people's hearts and his accurate judgment of things are all mysterious.
He knew that he belonged to the White Lotus Sect, but the Mongolians always thought that the White Lotus Sect belonged to Buddhism. This is also the basis why the Yuan Dynasty was once very friendly with the White Lotus Sect.
As the holy envoy of the White Lotus Sect, Anda Khan felt that he was a Taoist figure. This was very strange, but what was even stranger was that his feeling was surprisingly accurate.
It's just that Xiao Qin doesn't want to tell him her true origin, let alone her guess about Xiao Feng's identity.
Xiao Feng, such an important person, was ignored by his emissary in Beijing and only told him that he was against the Yan family.
But Xiao Qin also understands why. Jiajing favored too many Taoist priests, who came and went like a tide, each leading the way for three or two years. The emissary probably regarded this young man as one of them.
What's more, the secret envoy only focused on two things, making money and spying on military intelligence. Although Xiao Feng had a fierce quarrel with Yan Dang before, he had nothing to do with these two things, so the report on him was just a minor one.
It wasn't until Xiao Feng went out with the army this time that the secret envoy completed some of his information, and only then did he really notice this person.
Xiao Feng, Xiao Feng, what are you doing now?
At this moment, Xiao Feng was staring closely at Qi Jiguang. He would follow him wherever he went. He would sit when Qi Jiguang sat, and he would stand when Qi Jiguang stood.
"Brother Xiao, what on earth are you going to do? Tell me?"
Xiao Feng said nothing, just sat opposite him and looked at him eagerly.
Qi Jiguang suddenly realized.
Some people died, but not completely...
